Current Research

Professor Laermans's current research focuses on machine learning, surrogate modeling (or metamodeling) and design of experiments.

Biography

Eric Laermans was born in Brussels, Belgium on September 27, 1971.

He received the M.S. degree in Engineering Physics and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, in 1994 and 1999, respectively.

From 1994 to 1998, he was a Research Assistant at Ghent University, in the Department of Information Technology (INTEC), where his research focused on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and on the sensitivity analysis of electromagnetic modeling.

Since 1999, he has been a Postdoctoral Fellow in the same research department. His research domain has evolved from the electromagnetic modeling of high-speed interconnection structures (with special attention to via holes) and reverberation chambers to surrogate modeling and design of experiments (DoE).

Since 2003, he has also been an Assistant Professor in the Internet Based Communication Networks and Services (IBCN) research group of the Department of Information Technology (INTEC), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.

As author or co-author, he has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers and abstracts in international conference proceedings and journals about computational science and engineering, and numerical analysis.